Nowadays, less and less students are opting in to become a teacher, especially in high schools. Even though there is a plethora of reasons why this profession is perceived as an unattractive, there are also some solutions how to tackle these issues. This essay will further explore this interesting topic, and suggests some solutions before it comes to a conclusion.
Firstly, in some countries a teacher's job is a Sisyphean task, and highly demanding. After working so hard in the schools, they also take work at home to make sure they keep up with the curriculum. On top of that, teachers are expected to be a superhuman, and have multi skills, control over 30-40 kids, teach them everything, and be very vigilant. For instance, my sister is a lecturer, and she is exhausted teaching all those kids in her classroom, and as if it is not enough, she brings a ton of paperwork home, and continues to work till the middle of the night. She also has three young children who require her attention. As a result her own children left neglected. Moreover, if her students have behavioural issues, or academically falling behind, then their parents call her and blame her why she was not vigilant. This example shows that the teachers have increased range of duties, responsibilities, which make the curriculum overcrowded.
Moreover, in some countries such as Findland teachers have an open brief to decide what to teach and how to teach. However, in many other countries teachers do not have this autonomy to decide, they have to follow explicit guidance. this means this system undermines the ability to be responsive and tailor teaching to a student's need. This can be so boring and directly contribute to the unpopularity of this job.
Last, but definitely not the least reason is than teachers have poor salary. For example, in my country, teachers earn approximately between $200 to $300 per month, and this barely covers their monthly costs.
These problems are not insurmountable. These issues could be solved by increasing teacher salary, report what a great job teachers are doing, and embrace them via the media. The government should invest in recruiting more teaching assistants. This means offering more help for teachers such as sharing the responsibilities between a teaching assistant and an educator would ease the burden.
To encapsulate, while there are a myriad of reasons why fewer people have been deciding no to become a tutor, there are also a plethora of solutions to make this profession more appealing by sharing the responsibilities.
Nowadays, less and
less
students are opting in to become a
teacher
,
especially
in high schools.
Even though
there is a plethora of reasons why this profession
is perceived
as an unattractive, there are
also
some
solutions how to tackle these issues. This essay will
further
explore this interesting topic, and suggests
some
solutions
before
it
comes
to a conclusion.
Firstly
, in
some
countries
a teacher's job is a Sisyphean task, and
highly
demanding. After working
so
hard
in the schools, they
also
take work at home to
make
sure they
keep
up with the curriculum.
On top of that
,
teachers
are
expected
to be a superhuman, and have multi
skills
, control over 30-40 kids, teach them everything, and be
very
vigilant.
For instance
, my sister is a lecturer, and she
is exhausted
teaching
all those kids in her classroom, and as if it is not
enough
, she brings a ton of paperwork home, and continues to work till the middle of the night. She
also
has three young children who require her attention.
As
a result her
own
children
left
neglected.
Moreover
, if her students have
behavioural
issues, or
academically
falling behind, then their parents call her and blame her why she was not vigilant. This example
shows
that the
teachers
have increased range of duties, responsibilities, which
make
the curriculum overcrowded.
Moreover
, in
some
countries
such as
Findland
teachers
have an open brief to decide what to teach and how to teach.
However
, in
many
other
countries
teachers
do not have this autonomy to decide, they
have to
follow explicit guidance.
this
means this system undermines the ability to be responsive and tailor
teaching
to a student's need. This can be
so
boring and
directly
contribute to the unpopularity of this job.
Last,
but
definitely not the least reason is than
teachers
have poor salary.
For example
, in my
country
,
teachers
earn approximately between $200 to $300 per month, and this
barely
covers their monthly costs.
These problems are not insurmountable. These issues could
be solved
by increasing
teacher
salary, report what a great job
teachers
are doing, and embrace them via the media. The
government
should invest in recruiting more
teaching
assistants. This means offering more
help
for
teachers
such as sharing the responsibilities between a
teaching
assistant and an educator would
ease
the burden.
To encapsulate, while there are a
myriad
of reasons why fewer
people
have been deciding no to become a tutor, there are
also
a plethora of solutions to
make
this profession more appealing by sharing the responsibilities.